1947-48 Warriors
League Record: 6-0 (10-4 Overall)
South Sierra League Champions
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The 1947-48 champion Warriors include, top row, left to right, Jesse Peters, Fred Castro, Fred Muro, Paul Parks,
bottom row, George Koutroulis, James Anthony, Bud Winans, and Sherman Scott. Not pictured is David Mathison.
The 1947-48 Warriors, under third year coach John Goodell, won their third consecutive South Sierra League championship! Led Fred Castro Leads Warriors
To Third Straight SSL Championship
by 6'3" center Fred Castro, the Warriors have posted an 18-0 league record during the past three seasons.
Season highlights also included winning the Lancaster Tournament by posting wins over Harvard Military Academy and
Antelope Valley-Lancaster. There were also impressive non-league wins over Burroughs-Ridgecrest and the Taft Wildcats.
Tehachapi also dropped some tough games during the season, losing twice to Antelope Valley, and once to the mighty
Bakersfield High Drillers, 45-42. Future National Football league star Frank Gifford led the Drillers with 13 points scored.
The Warriors season came to an end in the valley playoffs when Exeter defeated Tehachapi, 30-26, in a semi-final game in Tehachapi.
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| OPPONENT | THS | OPP | L | LEADING SCORER(S) | |
| Dec 12 | Burroughs (Ridgecrest) | 39 | 23 | H | George Koutroulis: 12 pts |
| Dec 19 | Harvard Military Academy ## | 38 | 25 | A | George Koutroulis: 14 |
| Dec 19 | Antelope Valley (Lancaster) ## | 39 | 21 | A | George Koutroulis: 18 |
| Jan 13 | Antelope Valley (Lancaster) | 23 | 34 | A | Fred Castro: 10 pts |
| Jan 16 | Maricopa * | 39 | 25 | H | |
| Jan 17 | Taft Wildcats | 41 | 33 | A | Fred Castro: 13 pts |
| Jan 23 | McFarland * | 47 | 35 | A | Fred Castro: 19 pts |
| Jan 31 | Shafter * | 51 | 41 | H | Fred Castro: 26 pts |
| Feb 3 | Antelope Valley (Lancaster) | 25 | 37 | H | |
| Feb 6 | Shafter * | 37 | 30 | A | |
| Feb 13 | McFarland * | 47 | 20 | H | Fred Castro: 21 pts |
| Feb 20 | Maricopa * | 29 | 21 | A | Fred Castro: 13 pts |
| Feb 28 | Bakersfield High | 42 | 45 | H | Fred Castro: 20 pts |
| OPPONENT | THS | OPP | L | LEADING SCORER(S) | |
| Mar 6 | Exeter High | 26 | 30 | H |
## Antelope Valley Tournament * League Game